Friday, March 29, 2024

Canadian director, Kathryn Fasegha, Joke Silva, others present ‘Two weeks in Lagos’

Award winning  film maker, Kathryn Fasegha, said she would soon release her star-studded movie, titled ‘Two weeks in Lagos’.

The movie, which is an unusual love story, produced in Lagos, features prominent Nigerian actors like Joke Silva, Jide Kosoko, Tina Mba, Beverly Naya, Toyin Abraham, Shaffy Bello, Fathia Williams, Mawuli Gavor, Tina Mba and many more. Speaking on the movie in Lagos, Canada-based Fasegha expressed her joy and gratitude for the opportunity to direct such an enthralling and stereotype-changing love story which is also faith-based.

“It’s a love story and also a faith-based story. It’s a story about a young couple that meet and go through a lot of challenges,” she said.

According to Fasegha, “people talk about my country in a negative perspective. I am doing this to change that narrative. It’s also a love story with a difference because of the characters involved. They are two characters with strong ethics who know exactly what they want.”

Actors Toyin Abraham, Mawuli Gavor, Joke Silva, Beverly Naya, were also present at the press conference to share their unique experiences during filming and the lessons gained from being part of such an unconventional movie.

According to  Abraham, “This is my first time working on a faith-based project, Christian film and it has been a lovely experience. The characters have been amazing and it has been fun all the way, the director is very calm and flows with everybody. I love the story, simple and nice”.

Beverly Naya also commented on the movie, saying  “I love the simplicity of the story and I found that it was really touching. I have always been a Christian but lately I have been working on my spiritual journey and it’s really serious now more than ever. When I saw the script, I fell in love with it and I thought I could use my craft to bring people closer to God and this would be a great avenue to do so.”  Also, at the press briefing was the producer of the movie, Inya Lawal, the executive producers, Ambrose Ovbiebo and Miebaka Ovbiebo, Ken Attoh, the Director of Photography, who shared with the press what inspired them to be part of the film. In Attoh’s words, “This would be my first time shooting a film in Lagos and It’s been wonderful because It is me stepping out from my comfort zone. I have had to sit with Kathryn to bring her story to life. The pictures are fantastic, the costumes, the location, everything is vivid. I loved the experience.’’Kathryn Fasegha is a Canada-based filmmaker who is known internationally for her award-winning movie, ‘Treacherous Heart’ which she directed in 2012 and has won several awards outside Africa such as Best Drama in Diaspora at the African Oscars in North Carolina, USA 2012 and Favorite Director African Oscars, Washington DC USA. She is also a member of the Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers, CSIF as well as Women in Film and Television Alberta, WIFTA and has won the award for the Global Woman Vision Award Calgary, in June
2012. 

The movie, “Two weeks in Lagos” is set to be released in 2019.

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